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Sarah McWhirter Travelling the country is no problem for Scottish-borders born solicitor and keen hill runner Sarah McWhirter.

The UK Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in a legal challenge against decisions by the Scottish Ministers to grant consents for the construction of four offshore wind farms in the North Sea. A panel of three justices refused permission to ap

A suite of free courses on law in Scotland have been released by The Open University. The courses – The Scottish Parliament and law-making, Scottish courts and the law, Legal skills and debates in Scotland, and Law and change: Scottish legal heroes – come twenty years on from the historic vote f

Twins Stephanie and Madeleine Barratt, originally from Glasgow, were welcomed to the legal profession as Scottish solicitors on the same day. Graham Matthews, president of the Law Society of Scotland, presented Madeleine, Stephanie and 62 other new solicitors with their certificates at the Law Socie

Ahead of this week’s Scottish budget tomorrow, the Law Society of Scotland has called for further reforms to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) and has commented on the impact of the Scottish Rate of Income Tax introduced last year. In its comment paper the Law Society has said some of

The Herald has published an obituary of Scottish lawyer Anne Shipton Middleton, who has died at 52. Ms Middleton, who latterly worked as an in-house solicitor for property and land management business Greenbelt, was one of Scotland's leading land lawyers.

Campbell Deane A prominent Scottish defamation lawyer has warned that proposals to align Scotland's defamation laws with England and Wales could "lead to the death of defamation litigation in Scotland".

A dozen advocates have been approved for appointment as legally qualified chairs by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). The 12 members of the Faculty of Advocates will chair Fitness to Practise Panels in the part-time posts, and account for two-thirds of the latest round of appointments by

The repeated use of the word ‘victim’ by Scottish prosecutors to refer to both victims of crime and alleged victims has no basis in law, according to legal experts. This week, the head of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC signed a memor

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Lord Pentland Lord Pentland writes on Scottish Law Commission plans to update Scottish defamation law for the age of social media.

Pupils from seven Scottish schools have been chosen to represent the UK in the prestigious International Moot Court competition in The Netherlands, the first team ever invited from the UK. Students from Falkirk High School, Dunbar Grammar, Kirkcaldy High School, Whitburn Academy, George Watson’s C

Simon Allison Blackadders’ employment team has been nominated for the “Innovation in Practice Award” at the Scottish Legal Awards 2018.

The Scottish regional branch of the Property Litigation Association has announced the appointment of its first junior members to the regional sub-committee: Magnus Miller of Davidson Chalmers LLP (pictured) and Chloe Postlethwaite of Brodies LLP. It said in a statement: “The Junior Property Litiga

The Law Society of Scotland has expressed concern at proposals for an above-inflation increase in the Scottish legal complaints budget for the second consecutive year. The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission has proposed a 5.2 per cent rise in its draft budget for 2018/19 which must be paid for by